Las Vegas
musician and visionary Drew Robert Puzia has released his latest opus, a
full-length rock opera called “Anthem the Musical.”
Las Vegas
musician and visionary Drew Robert Puzia has released his latest opus, a
full-length rock opera called “Anthem the Musical.” The musical is fully cast with rising stars
and starlets brimming with talent, and celebrated a standout performance on
November 2nd, 2012. The
musical is based on a novella by the always-controversial Ayn Rand. Set in a dystopian future in which all
independent thinking and creativity have long-since been banned, and in which
the words ‘I’, ‘me’ and ‘mine’ are forbidden, “Anthem the Musical” is a tale of
the individual's triumph over oppression and collectivism.
Together with Art Director Katherine Toussaint, Puzia has
molded “Anthem the Musical” into a fine collection of original tracks for this
long-playing album. The album comes with
a digital storybook detailing the symbolism and plot line of the story (much
like the printed storybooks that accompanied rock operas on vinyl in the
tradition of the nineteen-seventies).
Overall, the tone is epic and large, a wall of sound that is both
ambient and ostentatious. The guitar
work is skillful without being pretentious, keyboards melodic without being
gaudy. A simple visit to the “Anthem the
Musical” website will suffice for an introduction to the tasteful orchestration
of Puzia.
Puzia himself is a member of the Dramatists Guild. He has played, written and performed music
nearly his entire life. Puzia was
selected from thousands of songwriters and composers as a finalist in ABC
Radio’s International Effigy Awards for Best-Overall Artist, Best Instrumental,
and Best Male Vocalist. His song, “I Will Not Be Silent Anymore,” finished in
the top 10 of nearly 500 songs entered in the Social Song Contest held by
popular modern band, Enigma.
In Puzia's own words, “Anthem the Musical” is about human
beings who “wrestle with their inner conflict about society’s collective
control over their lives, and eventually find a way to proclaim their own
individual and independent selves in a new society of free-thinking people.”
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The LP “Anthem the Musical” is distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com) and is available at iTunes for convenient
purchase and download
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(www.mondotunes.com) supplies the
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regions without any monthly or yearly fees.
ARTIST CONTACT INFO:
www.anthemthemusical.com
dpuzia@anthemthemusical.com
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